A story of hope borne from love grown in a forbidding time.

Set in 1963, after the Old Location uprising which shook South West Africa, a black maid's life is changed forever when she encounters an Afrikaner police officer on a routine passbook check. Their illicit love for each other grows over time through the letters they write to each other, and they endure many obstacles beyond their different skin colour. THE WHITE LINE is an authentic Namibian story, that shows how apartheid laws were extended to the territory, prior to independence, under the South African administration.

Starring:
Girley Charlene Jazama, Jan-Barend Scheepers, Sunet Van Wyk, Mervin Uahupirapi

a film by Desiree KAHIKOPO (Desiree KAHIKOPO-MEIFFRET)

Namibia, 2020, Fiction, 1 hr 40 min, Drama | History | Romance, Afrikaans with English subs

1st feature

Genres: Drama | History | Romance
Country: Namibia
Language: Afrikaans
Duration: 1 hr 40 min (100 min)
Color: Color | Color (HD)
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 HD
Runtime 1 hr 40 min (100 min)
Sound Mix: D-Cinema 48kHz 5.1
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 HD
Languages : Otjiherero & Afrikaans

CAST
Girley Jazama... Sylvia Kamutjemo
Jan-Baren Scheepers... Pieter de Wit
Sunet Van Wyk... Anna-Marie Van der Merwe
Muhindua Kaura... Godfried Snr Kamutjemo
Mervin Uahupirapi... Unotjari Kamutjemo
Charl Botha... Jan Van der Merwe
Joalette de Villiers... Sunet de Kock
Vanessa Kamatoto... Jacobine Kamutjemo
Desmond Katamila... Godfried Jnr Kamutjemo
Hazel Hinda... Older Sylvia

Produced by Desiree Kahikopo, Girley Jazama, Micheal Pulse

Producers: Desiree Kahikopo-Meiffret, Micheal Pulse, Fetteroff Colen, Prudence Kolong, Girley Jazama

Director: Desiree Kahikopo

Writers: Desiree Kahikopo (story), Micheal Pulse (scriptwriter)

Music Score Composer (Original score): Ponti Dikuua

Director of photography: Laurent Hasseman (aka Laurent Hesemans)

Film Editing by Renier de Bruyn

Art Direction by Lara-Lyn Ahrens

Costume Design by Dawn Diergaardt

Makeup Artist: Beverly Kulan Ganes

First assistant director: Jenny Kandenge

Second assistant director: Charles Kwenani

DISTRIBUTION
Gravel Road Distribution Group (2020) (Non-US) (all media)
Gravel Road Distribution Group (2020) (South Africa) (all media)

Filming Locations:
Karibib, Namibia
Usakos, Namibia
Okahandja, Namibia

Premiere (Namibia): on the 20th March 2020
Officially release (Namibia): 17th April 2020, in Windhoek, on Ster-Kinekor.

FESTIVALS

2021 | 10th Africa International Film Festival - Afriff 2021.
* Official Selection

2021 | 27th Fespaco | 16-23 October 2021 (Ouaga, Burkina)
* Feature narratives Competition

2021 | Quibdo Africa Film Festival (Pointe Noire, Congo | Quibdo, Colombia).
* Official Selection

2020 | Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt
* Premiere (Screening): 22 July 2019. Filmmaker in Attendance
* Special Mention
* Filmmaker in attendance
www.luxorafricanfilmfestival.com/en/Festival/Film/Long%20Narrative/The%20White%20Line

2020 | New African Film Festival | Washington D.C | @AFISilver
* Screening: 08 March 2020 at 11:00am
* Screening: 11 March 2020 at 15:10pm

2020 | Cape Town International Market & Film Festival
* Official Selection

2019 | 15th Rwanda Film Festival | KIGALI, Rwanda | October 2019
* Official Selection

2019 | 27th NYADIFF - New York African Diaspora Film Festival | New York, USA | 7,9,10 December 2019, @cinema_village
* Official Selection

2019 | 7th African Emerging Filmmakers Awards
* Winner Best Cinematographer: Laurent Hesemans (Director of Photography)

2019 | Joburg Film Festival | 19-24 November 2019 | Johannesburg, South Africa
* Official Selection

2019 | Hilton Arts Festival | DURBAN, South Africa
* Curated

2019 | Namibia Theatre and Film Awards 2019
* Best newcomer Director (for her film The White Line).

2019 | 40th Durban International Film Festival, South Africa | 18-28 July | Durban, South Africa
* World Premiere (Screening): 22 July 2019


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AR

في عام 1963، بعد الانتفاضة التي هزت جنوب غرب إفريقيا، تغيرت حياة الخادمة السمراء إلى الأبد عندما التقت بضابط شرطة من "الأفريكانز" وهو يجري عملية فحص روتيني لجوازات السفر. ينمو حبهم غير المشروع لبعضهم البعض بمرور الوقت من خلال الرسائل التي يتبادلونها، ويتحملون عقبات كثيرة تتجاوز لون بشرتهم

الخط الأبيض

القسم: مسابقة الأفلام الطويلة

الدولة: ناميبيا

سنة الانتاج: 2020

مدة العرض: 99 دقيقة


:إخراج
ديزيريه كاهيكوبو

إنتاج: ديزيريه كاهيكوبو، جيرلي جازاما، مايكل بالس

سيناريو: مايكل بالس

تصوير: رينييه دو بروين

مونتاج: رينييه دو بروين

2020 مهرجان الأقصر للسينما الأفريقية. جميع الحقوق محفوظة
* www.luxorafricanfilmfestival.com/ar/Festival/Film/Long%20Narrative/The%20White%20Line


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NL

In 1959 vond in Old Location - een gebied "voorbehouden" voor zwarte inwoners van Windhoek, de hoofdstad van Namibië - een opstand plaats die Zuidwest-Afrika deed daveren op zijn grondvesten. In 1963, kort na de opstand, ontmoet een zwarte meid een Afrikaner politieagent bij een doordeweekse identiteitscontrole. Hun verboden liefde voor elkaar wordt steeds sterker door de brieven die ze elkaar schrijven. Een verhaal van hoop en liefde in moeilijke tijden.

Cineast:
Desiree KAHIKOPO (Desiree KAHIKOPO-MEIFFRET)

Genre:
Feature Film

Gesproken:
Otjiherero & Afrikaans

Ondertiteld:
Engels.

Runtime:
90 min

Country:
Namibië

Cast:
Girley Charlene Jazama
Jan-Barend Scheepers
Sunet Van Wyk
Mervin Cheez Uahupirapi…

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Una historia de esperanza que emerge del amor en una época nefasta. Una película de época ambientada en 1963, tres años después del levantamiento que sacudió el sudoeste africano. Un policía blanco se enamora de una criada negra: el amor brota con el tiempo a través de la correspondencia que mantienen. Su amor atraviesa diversos obstáculos, siendo -uno de ellos- el color de su piel.

Una película de Desiree KAHIKOPO (Desiree KAHIKOPO-MEIFFRET)

con
Girley Charlene Jazama, Jan-Barend Scheepers, Sunet Van Wyk, Mervin Uahupirapi

Namibia, 2020, Ficcion, 1 hr 40 min, Drama | Historia, en Otjiherero y Afrikaans